Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Water conservation tips from the Maryland Department of the Environment and the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments.
The Maryland Department of the Environment is urging residents and businesses to reduce water use when possible due to ongoing drought conditions. The Maryland Department of the Environment is ...
Oct. 30—Emmitsburg Mayor Frank Davis implemented mandatory water-use restrictions last week in response to low water levels caused by an ongoing drought. The current restrictions prevent anyone ...
In order to preserve water quality in a partially developed area, the county imposed some restrictions on development (i.e. designation of a "Special Protection Area") in part of the Piney Branch sub-watershed in 1994.
A portion of the creek below the lake is a cold water stream that supports wild rainbow and brown trout populations. [2] The creek and reservoir are a drinking water source as part of the Little Seneca system, an emergency water supply for the metropolitan Washington, D.C. area. [3]
Numerous counties in Maryland have implemented fees and programs to address polluted runoff since the 1980s. [2] In 2010, the U.S. EPA ordered the states in the Chesapeake Bay watershed to reduce stormwater runoff through independent funding methods. [3] Maryland voted to use stormwater fees to cover the $14.8 billion cost. [3]
On Monday, Feb. 6, the borough announced the lifting of mandatory restrictions, downgrading to voluntary water restrictions, according to the release.
The water industry usually places such restrictions on their customers during droughts or when the reservoirs supplying the water are becoming empty. Previously, contravening a temporary water restriction is a criminal offence in the United Kingdom under the Water Industry Act 1991 (though the first prosecution for "wasteful use of water" was ...